Lemme see, what have I done so far this year? Hmmmm......in a nutshell....
1. Helped out with the organisation of Bike Asia 100 (no riding, fat cells unite)
2. Helped out as a bike lead rider for the 84 km Sundown Marathon and 70.3! Also led a Lexxus who blasted his way through 50 kilometers of off-road running for TNF100, which DirTraction organised! Never done so much lead riding for events for the two legged athletes! (still no real ridin'! hmmm.....well, not at the pace at which the runners were going, save for TNF100! That fella was flying I tell ya!)
3. Joined the 3-day Sabah Adventure Race and got drastically lost twice on the first day! My race partner, Ken wanted to quit on me at the end of each day, but I managed to coax him to suffer yet another day...and another...and another. On the last day, heat stroke lashed at him, and our team DNF! Sigh.....but I made it to the finish line with 2 other competitors from 2 different teams, whose respective partners had also DNF! (no lucky breaks this time - sigh)
4. Team Mingling reprised their roles in City Chase 2008, but alas, luck was definitely not on our side when enroute to CP1, Ming lost his IC, credit card, $200 and MRT card! And that was only the beginning of a really sad, sad story! Will leave the story for another day! (lucky breaks? think quota used in last few years already)
5. Wanted to form an all ladies team for the Ace Adventure "From Dusk to Dawn" race, but Becks recently discovered her spinal injury re-surfaced, so kissed the ladies team goodbye! My other slack male buddies couldn't tahan all the knee-busting running, signature of almost all Ace races I've joined, so no team, no race! Sigh....
Now, for the good stuff that makes all the nightmares go away.....
6. Attended the 2008 IMBA World Summit in Utah! Managed to cover more riding in Crested Butte, Moab and Hawaii! Photos to be posted soon! [Teaser photo above taken at Moab]
7. Just came back from a week's riding in Bali! Sweet! Again, photos and videos waitin' to be screened!
Looks like this is a better year than never to take my sabbatical (from extreme gruelling suffering)!
Lock ya eyes on this space.....for more riding photo journals of Ling the Merciless....
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